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CROWN POINT, Ind. – An Indiana firefighter made a dramatic rescue after a dog fell into an icy pond.

Around 8:45 a.m., Crown Point Fire and Rescue got a call from two maintenance workers at a nursing home near Indiana Ave and Greenview Pl.

They heard barking and saw a dog had fallen through the ice into a retention pond.

Firefighter Keith Boersma put on what's called a mustang suit and made his way to the dog.

“Once I had the suit on, I crawled out on the ice on my belly to keep my weight distributed then the ice got too thin I fell in,” he said. “I rolled on my back so I didn't get any water in my suit and swam over to the dog.”